PROEL NEOS15AXS User manual

USER MANUAL
NEOS15AXS
digital self-powered loudspeaker
KEY FEATURES
• Premium transducers
• C-AUDIO CLASS D power amplifiers with SWITCH MODE power supply
• 96KHz, 40bit floang point C-AUDIO CORE DSP
• Network funconality thru PRONET control soware
• Access to EQ, DYNAMICS and DELAY and real me parameter control
• Plywood cabinets with die-cast handles, dual-angle pole holder and mulple flying points
INTRODUCTION
NEOS AXS series represents the highest expression of PROEL GROUP Research & Development applied in loudspeaker systems. A natural evoluon
of the NEOS Series, it incorporates the latest technologies developed by PROEL in advanced sound reinforcement systems able to provide premium
sound, maximum performance and up-to-date features.
NEOS AXS is a complete range of self-powered loudspeaker systems combining cung-edge transducers with C-AUDIO CLASS D amplifiers and
digital processors, thus ensuring the best integraon between acouscs and electronics for an opmal performance.
The NEOS AXS are designed for the use both as high-performance mobile systems for live applicaons and as versale and remotely controllable
systems for advanced fixed installaons.
All the models are powered by C-AUDIO DA power modules, a new generaon of CLASS D power amplifiers with SWITCH MODE power supply, able
to provide an exceponal sound definion together with very high dynamics and low distoron in an ultra-compact package.
The on board control electronics are based on the 96KHz, 40bit floang point C-AUDIO CORE DSP plaorm, able to opmize further the system
performances through the use of sophiscated EQ, crossover and dynamics algorithms. The CORE processing provides also network funconality
through the PRONET control soware based on CANBUS communicaon protocol (USB2CAN converter needed).
The PRONET control soware provides access to the major processing features, including full PARAMETRIC and DYNAMIC EQ, advanced
COMPRESSOR/LIMITERS and DELAY, together with the real me control of parameters such as temperature, supply voltage and protecons.
Seng created by the user can be saved in user presets that can be recalled through the control soware or from the unit’s interface.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
AcousƟcal Mechanical
System type Full range 2-way, vented Construcon 15 and 18 mm birch plywood
Low frequency driver 15’’ woofer - 2.5” VC Finish An-scratch black paint
High frequency driver 1’’ compression driver - 1.75” VC Flying hardware 4 x M10 - top, boom, rear
Frequency response 50 Hz - 20 kHz Trapezoidal taper 10°
Horn type Asymmetrical rotatable horn Monitor taper 42°
Coverage 100°>80° H x 60° V Pole holder 1 boom dual angle (0° / 7.5°)
Max SPL 128 dB Dimensions (W x H x D) 465 x 688 x 430 mm
Electrical Weight 29 kg (63.9 lbs)
Input Impedance 20 kohm balanced, 10 kohm unbalanced Frequency Response Diagram
Input Sensivity +4 dBu / 1.25 V
black = FLAT gray = MONITOR
Signal Processing CORE processing 24 bit / 96 kHz
Amplifier type C- AUDIO Class D with SMPS
Output power 500 + 500 W
Connectors
IN - LINK: XLR M - XLR F
NETWORK IN - OUT: ETHERCON® (NE8FAV)
MAIN LINK: PowerCon® (NAC3MPB)
MAIN: PowerCon® (NAC3MPA)
Controls LEVEL, PRESET (FLAT / HPF / MONITOR/ USER)
TERMINATE, GND LIFT
Cooling Variable speed DC fan
Power Supply 230 VAC or 120 VAC 50/60 Hz
Max consumpon 850 VA
1/8 power out consumpon 285 VA
10k5k2k
1k
500
200
1005040 20kHz
120.0
dBSPL
110.0
100.0
90.0
80.0
70.0

MECHANICAL DRAWING
69.0 cm
27.2"
46.5 cm
18.3"
42.0 cm
16.5"
Dual Angle Pole Holder
M10 Flying Point
M10 Flying Point
M10 Flying Point
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
USB2CAN USB PC-PRONET converter for speaker suspending:
COVERNE15 Loudspeaker sobag PLH295 M10 Ø 50 mm Truss mount coupler
FRE300BK Loudspeaker ground stand AC169A M10 black shoulder eyebolt
KP210BK Sub-Speaker pole AC171 L = 75 cm / 30 inch Aircracable sling
KPPTL15 Loudspeaker wall stand AC172 L = 1.5 m / 4.9 Aircracable sling
KPTFL15PB Loudspeaker free aiming ground stand AC173 Screw pin anchor shackle
NAC3FCA Neutrik Powercon® BLUE POWER IN PLUG
NAC3FCB Neutrik Powercon® WHITE POWER OUT PLUG
see www.proel.com for detailed descripon and other available accessories.
SPARE PARTS
NAC3MPA Neutrik Powercon® BLUE POWER IN panel socket
NAC3MPB Neutrik Powercon® WHITE POWER OUT panel socket
91AMDAXS Amplifier Module (specifying NEOS15AXS firmware)
98NEOS15WZ4 15’’ woofer - 2.5” VC
98DRI1475 1’’ compression driver - 1.75” VC

POWER PANEL
MAINS IN - Powercon® NAC3FCA power input connector (blue). To switch the amplifier on, insert the Powercon® connector and turn it in a
clockwise direcon into the ON posion. To switch the amplifier off, pull back the switch on the connector and turn the connector in an an-
clockwise direcon into the POWER OFF posion.
NOTE: In the case of product failure or fuse replacement, disconnect the unit completely from the mains power. The power cable must only be
connected to a socket adequate to the specificaons indicated on the amplifier unit. The power supply must be protected by a suitably rated
thermo-magnec breaker. Preferably use a suitable switch to power on the whole audio system leaving the Powercon® always connected to each
speaker, this simple trick extend the life of the Powercon® connectors.
POWER OUT - Powercon® NAC3FCB power output connector (grey). This is connected in parallel with the MAINS ~ / IN; the maximum load
applicable is 10A/230V ~.
NOTE: the number of speaker units that can be connected in sequence depends by the sum of the speaker consumpon current.
PRODUCT LABEL - In this label are wrien the most important informaon about the acve loudspeaker, model, line voltage, consumpon, serial
number.
CONTROL PANEL
ON - This LED indicates power on status.
PROT - This red LED lights when the amplifier module is in protect mode for an internal fault and, consequently, the amplifier is muted.
SIGN LIMIT - This LED lights green to indicate the presence of the signal and lights red when an internal limiter reduces the input level.
LEVEL - This potenometer aenuates the input level in the most useful range starng from 0dB to -20dB with a -6dB aenuaon at the centre.
MODE - This buon select one of the four preset available, if it is pressed when the unit is switched on it forces the internal DSP to re-assign an
ID to the unit for the PRONET remote control operaon.
FLAT - This LED lights when the FLAT preset is selected. This is the basic factory preset of the loudspeaker and it can be used for all music genre.
HPF - This LED lights when the HPF preset is selected, which is the FLAT preset with an high-pass filter added. Use this preset when the loudspeaker
is combined with subwoofers.
MON - This LED lights when the MONITOR preset is selected. Use this preset if the loudspeaker is used as a stage monitor.
USER - This LED lights when the USER preset is loaded. This preset corresponds to USER MEMORY no. 1 of the DSP and, as a factory seng, it’s
the same to FLAT. If you want to modify it, you have to connect the unit to a PC, edit the parameters with PRONET soware and save them into
USER MEMORY no. 1.
NETWORK IN/OUT - These are a standard RJ45 CAT5 connectors (with oponal NEUTRIK NE8MC RJ45 cable connector carrier), used for PRONET
network transmission of remote control data over long distance or mulple unit applicaons.
TERMINATE - In a PRONET network the last connected device must be terminated (with an inner load resistance) especially in a long run cabling:
press this switch if you want to terminate the unit.
INPUT - Audio signal input with locking XLR connector. It has a fully electronically balanced circuitry including AD conversion for the best S/N rao
and input headroom.
LINK - A direct connecon from the input connector to link other speakers with same audio signal.
GND LIFT - This switch lithe ground of the balanced audio inputs from the earth-ground of the amplifier module.

PRONET
PRONET soware has been designed by Proel’s Research & Development Department to easily control a single unit or a network of devices, like
acve loudspeakers or speaker processors, equipped with the C-AUDIO CORE digital processing plaorm.
PRONET has been developed in collaboraon with sound engineers and sound designers, in order to offer an “easy-to-use” tool to setup and
manage your audio system. With PRONET you can visualize signal levels, monitor internal status and edit all the parameters of each connected
device.
Download the PRONET app from the PROEL website at hp://www.proel.com clicking on support secon.
The NEOS AXS loudspeaker devices can be connected using the network connecon, in this case the PROEL USB2CAN converter oponal accessory
is needed. The first me you connect a device with the USB2CAN converter, Windows O.S. will ask you to install the driver files, which you can
find in the Driver folder within the Pronet applicaon folder (by default is C:\Program Files\Proel\Pronet\Driver, or if you changed it <your path>\
Driver). Please refer also to “Installaon” and “Drivers” paragraphs in the Pronet documentaon.
The PRONET NETWORK is based on a robust, reliable and fast communicaon protocol called CANBUS. The devices in a PRONET NETWORK are
connected together with a “linear bus topology”. The USB2CAN converter must be connected to the network input of the first device, the network
output of the first device is connected to the input of the second and so on. For the network connecons simple RJ45 cat.5 or cat.6 ethernet
cables can be used (please don’t confuse a ethernet network with a PRONET network these are completely different and must be fully separated
also both use the same kind of cable).
The beginning and the end of a PRONET NETWORK must be terminated. One side is terminated by the USB2CAN converter, the other side must
be terminated pressing the TERMINATE switch on the last device. All devices between these two points must have the TERMINATE switch lied.
Assign the ID number
To work properly in a PRONET network each connected device must have a unique idenfier number, called ID. By default the USB2CAN PC
controller has ID=0 and there can be only one PC controller. Every other device connected must have its own unique ID equal or greater than 1:
in the network cannot exist two devices with the same ID.
An ID number is assigned automacally to each devices when they are turned on for the first me connected to a network.
In order to correctly assign a new available ID to each device for working properly in a Pronet network, follow these instrucons:
1. Switch offall the devices.
2. Connect them correctly to the network cables.
3. “TERMINATE” the latest device in the network connecon.
4. Switch on the first device keep pressed “RTA” buon on the control panel.
5. Leaving the previous device switched on, repeat the previous operaon on the next device, unl the latest device is turned on.
The “Assign ID” procedure for a device makes the internal network controller to perform two operaons: reset the current ID; search the fi
rst free
ID in the network, starng from ID=1. If no other devices are connected (and powered on), the controller assume ID=1, that is the first free ID,
otherwise it searches the next one lefree.
These operaons ensure that every device has it’s own unique ID, if you need to add a new device to the network you simply repeat the operaon
of step 4. Every device maintains its ID also when it is turned-off, because the idenfier is stored in the internal memory and it is cleared only by
another “Assign ID” step, as explained above. This means that if your network is made always of the same devices the assigning ID procedure must
be executed only the first me the system is turned on.
See the more detailed instrucon about PRONET on the documentaon downloadable from the web site: www.proel.com.
LIMITED WARRANTY
Proel warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operaon of this product for a period of two years from the original date of purchase. If any defects are found
in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to funcon properly during the applicable warranty period, the owner should inform about these defects the
dealer or the distributor, providing receipt or invoice of date of purchase and defect detailed descripon. This warranty does not extend to damage resulng from
improper installaon, misuse, neglect or abuse. Proel S.p.A. will verify damage on returned units, and when the unit has been properly used and warranty is sll
valid, then the unit will be replaced or repaired. Proel S.p.A. is not responsible for any “direct damage” or “indirect damage” caused by product defecveness.
• This unit package has been submied to ISTA 1A integrity tests. We suggest you control the unit condions immediately aer unpacking it.
• If any damage is found, immediately advise the dealer. Keep all unit packaging parts to allow inspecon.
• Proel is not responsible for any damage that occurs during shipment.
• Products are sold “delivered ex warehouse” and shipment is at charge and risk of the buyer.
• Possible damages to unit should be immediately nofied to forwarder. Each complaint for package tampered with should be done within eight days from product
receipt.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
– To reduce the risk, close supervision is necessary when the product is used near children.
– Protect the apparatus from atmospheric agents and keep it away from water, rain and high humidity places.
– This product should be site away from heat sources such as radiators, lamps and any other device that generate heat.
– This product should be located so that its locaon or posion does not interfere with its proper venlaon and heang dissipaon.
– Care should be taken so that objects and liquids do not go inside the product.
– The product should be connected to a power supply mains line only of the type described on the operang instrucons or as marked on the product. Connect the
apparatus to a power supply using only power cord included making always sure it is in good condions.
– WARNING: The mains plug is used as disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.
– Do not cancel the safety feature assured by means of a polarized line plug (one blade wider than the other) or with a earth connecon.
– Make sure that power supply mains line has a proper earth connecon.
– Power supply cord should be unplugged from the outlet during strong thunderstorm or when leunused for a long period of me.
CE CONFORMITY
Proel products comply with direcve 2004/108/EC (EMC), as stated in EN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2 standards and with direcve 2006/95/CE (LVD), as stated in EN
60065 standard.
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